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Desolate Soul & the Lingering Ghost
USA 2019
produced by
Alexis Abrams, Jason Sanford, Charles Barrows, Dean Lewis, Lisa Andreu, Laurel Kornfeld, Alan Sewell, Imogen Finlayson, Christina Farah, Richard Andreu, Miguel Loayza, Susan Lento, Michael Loayza (executive) for LowWiseZah Studios
directed by Michael Loayza
starring Michael Loayza, Alexis Abrams, Jason Sanford, Dean Lewis, Alan Sewell, Laurel Kornfeld, Imogen Finlayson, Lisa Andreu, Charles Barrows, Richard Andreu, Christina Farah, Susan Lento, Bryce Alves
written Michael Loayza, music by Michael Loayza, Charles Barrows
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Clyde (Michael Loayza), a young unpublished writer, is madly in love
with Basil (Alexis Abrams), and she with him - until she dumps him
completely out of the blue. This is more than Clyde can handle, and he
snaps to such an extent that he has to see a psychotherapist. And then
Basil disappears, and that pushes Clyde even more, so much so that he
starts to see her (or rather her ghost, or her illusion) everywhere. And
then she turns up dead, burnt to a crisp while camping at an abandoned
camp ground. Of course, this is yet worse for Clyde, but at least now he
can start to figure out things - and finds our that Basil might have lost
it because her parents (Laurel Kornfeld, Richard Andreu) got divorced
because her dad had a second family. This sounds like an at least
reasonable explanation for all that went down, but why then does Clyde
find the EMT (Charles Barrows) who has taken care of Basil's body hanged
by his neck near the scene of Basil's death? And why is the local
detective (Dean Lewis) suddenly very interested in Clyde?
Desolate Soul & the Lingering Ghost is most
certainly a very interesting film, a slow moving thriller that starts out
as a ghost story but later turns into a very earthbound murder mystery -
with many a weird twist though. Thing is, the story is well-structured and
mysteriously enough told to keep one interested, and focusses on
characters rather than spectacle to remain engaging throughout. And a
directorial effort that focuses on atmosphere of course also helps to make
this a pretty good and rather unusual genre entry.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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